Metallic tie.



` No. 850.876. I

F1 E. l

PATENTED APR. 16, 1907. J. D. BOWNE.

METALLIC TIE. APPLICATION FILED 123,21, 1907.

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Jf NW Swanton UNITED sT-ATEs.- PATENT OEEIOE.

JOHN D. BOWNE'OE NEw YORK,`N.Y.,`Ass1GNOR OE ONE-HALF .To SAMUEL L.

BEVAN, or NEw YORK, N. Y.

f METALLIC TlE.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16,1907. l

'appximionfuea February 27,1907. serial No. 859.620.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. BOWNE, a citi- Zen of the -United States,residing at New` York, in the'countyof New Yorkl and State 'of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties, of

n which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to vmetallic ties for railways, and belongs moreparticularly to thattype having the' body portion of hollowtrough-like'form adapted to be filled with the ballast. of the vroadwayand provided with' detachable position. i

The Object of my invention is the producdevices for securing the railsin tion of a tie having particular form and structure, whereby the fullnecessary elasticity is afforded and which shall be nevertheless ofample strength for the service expected of 1t and at the sametimecapable of being vreadily and cheaply manufactured.

It is also an Object of my invention to provide. rail-fasteningdeviceshaving parts of special construction and operation, by which vioned and associated las illustrated in the ac- .35

. tie by itself.

alone.

it is believed the rails may be expeditiously and 'certainly "secured-to the ties against vspreading or other displacement ofA anynature,vnospikes being employed, and the removal of the rails renderedequallyconvenient and easy withthe steps necessary in attaching them.

y To accomplish the stated objects, the

parts -constituting my invention are fashcompa-nying drawings7 of which-Y Flgure 1 represents a top plan view ofthe Fig. 2l is an-end lview ofthe tie Fig.3 is a side view of the overplate or bridge-pieces: Fig. 4is anend view ofthe bridge-piece. Fig. 5 is an end view-ofthe ,-tiewiththe bridgeiece and rail in position and showing 4also t e clamping-plateinside .the hollowvv tie. Fig. 6 .represents'all theV parts assembledand shows a section lengthwise' of the tie andthe cross-section of therail, the bridge-piece, and the clamping-plate -withinthe tie;

Like letters are used to refer to the same lpartsthroughout thespecification and draw- 1n s... r gf-he letter A desi nates the tie: Itisa hol- -lowtrough-like bo y having the upwardlyconvergent sides B,terminating inthe 'nar- "row lianges C, extending toward eachotherinfthelon'gitudinal opening between the sides B atI the top. N ear eachend the horizontal anges C are provided with recesses D, to be againmentioned.

To supportV the-rail E upon thetie, I construct the bridgepiece F. Itlossesses the downwardly-extending ,ends lr, corresponding with theinclination of the eXterior ofthe sides Bof the tie and fitting somelwhat closely to the sides in order that there .i

shall not occur excessive play-in the direction of the length of therail. The bridge-piece F has also the extra flanges H, *formed lstamping through the bridge- 'ieee from above and bending the portions tus pressed out downwardly and er lendieular to thel lower1 surface ofthe ri ge-piece, 'as best shown in-Fig. 3. The extra flanges flare-,formed near the `ends G of the bridge-piece, and they engage therecesses` D in thehorizontal flan es C. It is thought to be now clearthat t e endsv G of the bridge-piece lie'` -upon the outsidejand theextra flanges H are upon the inside'of the tie' and that the extraflanges also prevent thedis lacement of the bridge-piece lengthwise othe rail. The engagement of the eXtra flan es H with the recesses D'ofthe to flangesl of the tie further prevents the isplacement of the`bridge-piece F. either vtoward the middle of the tie or toward its end,and there could be no s reading of the rails by reasony of the acciental movement of t-he bridge-pieceoutwardly or in any direction. v Therail is directly secured upon cesses are marked y', and one of themisshown in Fig. 4. -In addition to the recessed lugs J the rail issecuredon the other side of the flange by the clamping-block K, as shown inFigs. 5 and 6, and in the last figure the two clamping-bolts L and-M areshown. yThose the bridgepiece by the engagement of its flange on onesidewith the recesses of the lug-s J. The rebolts serve both to securetherrail I as de,-v

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y erly for the insertion of the bolts.

ln addition to the parts described as adjuncts of the bridge-piece'there is provided, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 6, a depending plate0, 'forming 'a portion of and extending downwardly from the side of thebridgepiece which lies toward the middle of the `tie. The plate O isformed with a ledge or shoulder P near its lower end, and the officeofthe plate O and its ledge is performed duringthe assembling of theparts. When the bridge-piece has been placed upon the tie, with itsextra flanges II engaging the recesses D, as explained, theclamping-plate N is introduced within the tie and below the flanges Cand its end engages and rests upon the ledge P of the depending plate O,on which the clamping-plate is held in the proper position for theconvenient insertion' of the bolts. Were the end of the clamping-platenot so limited in it.- movement and held in position, time wou'u alwayslost in placing itl prop- By the use of the plate O and its ledge theclampingplate is positioned without delay and certainly every time. Nowif the bolts are passed upwardly through the clamping-plate,bridge-piece, and rail-'clamping block, and the nutsvof the boltsscrewed up tight, the fiange of the rail cannot be inserted in therecesses of the retaining-lu gs J. By unscrewing and raising the nutofbolt L the rail-clamping block K may be raised and the flangeof therail easily placed .in position, moving it sidewise or lengthwiseintothe recesses of the lugs J.

Having mw described my invention and explained the mode of itsoperation, what I claim is- 1. In a metallic tie, the combination withthe tie having a trough-like form and upwardly-convergent sides, thesaid tie having narrow horizontal flangesat the tops of the said sides,the said flanges being provided With'recesses near the ends of the tie,of a bridge piece having downwardly -inclined ranged to engagethe saidrecesses of the flanges of the tie, the said bridge-piece having therecessed retaining-lugs adapted to engage the fiange of a rail, aclamping-plate arranged inside the tie below its said horizontalflanges, and a rail-clamping block arranged upon the bridge-piece, andbolts passing through the said clamping-plate, block and bridge-piecewhereby the rail and bridgepiece are secured te the tie, substantiallyas described.

2. In a metallic tie, the combination with 'the tie having a trough-likeform and upends fitting exteriorly upon the tie, the said bridge-piecehaving the extra flanges arrangedl t0 engage the said recesses of theflanges of .the tie, the said\bridge-piece having the recessedretaining-lugs adaptedto engage the flange of a rail', a clamping-platearranged inside the tie below its said horizontal flanges, the saidbridge-piece having a downwardly-projecting-plate at one side providedwith aledge adapted to engage the sa1d clamping-plate, and a rail-claming block arranged u on the bridge- 1ece, and bolts passing t irough thesai(V clam )ing-plate, block and bridge-piece whereby t e ra1l andbridge-piece are secured to the tie, substantially as described.

3. In a metallic tie, the combination with the tie having atrough-likelforrn and upwardlyrejecting sides, the said tie having Ynarrow .orizontal'flanges at the tops of the said sides, thesaid flangesbeing provided with recesses near-the ends ofthe tie, of a bridge-piecehaving downwardly-inclined ends fitting exteriorly upon the tie, thesaid bridge-piece. having the extra flanges arthe tie having atrough-like form and upwardlyrojecting sides, the said tie having'narrow orizontal 'flanges at the tops of. the said sides, 'the saidanges being provided with recesses near the ends of the tie, of a bridgepiece having downwardly -inclined ends fitting exteriorly upon the tie,the said bridge-piece having the extra flanges arranged to engage thesaid recesses ofthe flanges ofthe tie, the said bridge-piece having therecessed retaining-lugs adapted to engage the flange of a-rail, aclamping-plate arranged inside the vtie below its said horizontalflanges, the said bridge-piece having a downwardly-projecting plate 'atone side provided with a ledge adapted to engage the saidclamping-plate,` and-.a rail-clamping block arranged upon thebridge-piece, and bolts assing through. the said clampingplate, lock andbridge-piece whereby .the rail and bridge-piece are secured to thetic,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof `I affix my signature in'presence of two witnesses.

JOHN D. BOWNE. Witnessesa R. B. HOPKINS, GEORGE E. MoRRoW.

